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A. C. SMITH.

STUDENTS 0R SCHLARS COMPANION.

'Application lcd Mar. 30, 1899.)

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No. 642,498. Patented 1an. 30, |900.

' A. C. SMITH.

STUDENTS 0R SCHOLARIS COMPANION.

NrTnD STATES PATENT Fries.

ALBERT O.'SMITI-I, OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

STUDENTS OR. SCHOLARS COMPANION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 642,498, dated January 30, 1900.

Application tiled March 30, 1899. Serial No. 711,147. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t 1li/tty concern.-

Beit known that I, ALBERT C. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boulder, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Students or Scholars Oompanions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto students or scholars companions; and the object in view is to provide a combination-rule which is so constructed as to be susceptible of Various uses and to form a receptacle for pens, pencils, &c., the device being also equipped with means for sharpening lead pencils, independent means for sharpening slate-pencils, and also having provision whereby pens and pencils when placed in their respective compartments may be secured against accidental displacement. The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the ensuing description.

The invention consists in a students companion embodying certain novel features, details of construction, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a scholars companion constructed in accordance with the present invention looking toward one end thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar View taken from the opposite side and looking toward the opposite end. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken in line with the pen and pencil receptacle. Fig. 4 is an end view of the device enlarged. Fig. 5 is a central cross-section through the same, enlarged. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a ruler, showing the ends of the pen and pencil receptacle provided with Stoppers, one equipped with a rubber eraser and the other with a pen-Wiper. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of one of the hollow Stoppers. Fig. 8 shows one of the Stoppers equipped with a pen-Wiper. Fig. 9 shows the other stopper equipped with a rubber eraser. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a ruler constructed from a single piece of sheet metal. Fig. 1l is .a cross-section through the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, l designates an ordinary Wooden ruler provided with the usual beveled edge 2, having a graduated measuring-scale, as indicated at 3.

In carrying out the present invention a piece-of thin sheet metal is employed, the same being of a lengt-h equal to or slightly greater than the length of the ruler and of a width greater than that of the ruler. The metal covering or casing (indicated at 4L) eX- tends entirely over and covers the lower surface of the rule and projects slightly at its edge beyond the beveled edge 2 of the Wooden ruler. The edge 6 of the metal casing is also beveled on its under side, as indicated at 7, thereby enabling a pen full of ink to pass along the edge of the ruler without danger of dropping the ink and blotting the paper.

The metal casing 4t is given a semicircular bend and extended around the rear edge of the ruler to form a tubular receptacle 8 beyond the rear edge of the ruler, in which pens or pencils may be inserted. Located about centrally of the ruler is a stopper 9, of cork or other suitable material, which serves to divide the receptacle 8 into compartments, thereby keeping separate the articles placed in said compartments. After bending the casing around the rear edge of the ruler to form the receptacle its edge (indicated at 10) is secured by suitable fasteners 1l to the Wooden ruler. Along the central part of the ruler the metal casing is extended, as shown at l2, and in the process of manufacture said central projecting portion l2 is punched from the inner side to form a large number of rough projecting points, which will serve to sharpen a slate-pencil when the pencil is drawn back and forth over said points. The casing is also provided at its opposite ends with ears or extensions 13, which are secured to the upper face of the ruler, and the ends of the casing are extended slightly beyond the ends of the ruler and bent inward toward each other to form overhanging lips 14, constituting guides or keepers, beneath which IOO slides a shutter 15. The shutter 15 is provided with a central longitudinal slot 16, through which a headed pin or stud 17 passes into the wooden ruler, th us enabling the shutter to be slid back and forth beneath the lips 14. One end of the shutter is rounded to conform to the pen and pencil receptacle, and the opposite end is provided with an outturned lip 18 to be grasped by the fingers or nails for operating the shutter to open and close the entrance to the pen or pencil receptacle. Two shutters are provided, one at each end ofthe ruler, so as to close both ends of the receptacle.

At one end of the ruler the casing is exltended to form a lead-pencil Sharpener, consisting of two lips 19 and 20, arranged in alinement one with the other and forming between them a V-shaped notch 21, the edges of the casing bounding said notch being brought to a knife-edge or sharpened. By drawing the pencil in an oblique relation to said sharpened edges the wood will be sheared from the pencil and the lead brought to a point. In one end of the ruler a recess is formed, in which is inserted a plug of rubber 22, the same projecting sufficiently beyond the end ot' the ruler to form a convenient rubber eraser.

By forming the casing as described two spaces 23 and 24 remain upon which to imprint any suitable advertising or other matter. At one end of one of such spaces a penwiper 25 is placed, the same being preferably constructed ot' one or more thicknesses of felt suitable for the purpose. Upon the under side of the rule-r the casing is provided with a yearly calendar, as indicated at 26, and this calendar may be printed directly on the metal casing or maybe printed upon paper or other suitable material and pasted or otherwise secured to the casing. Beneath the calendar is a space 27 for the name and address of the owner.

In Fig. 10 the ruler is shown as constructed of metal, all in one piece. For this purpose a piece of metal (indicated at 28) of the requisite width and length is beveled both on its upper and lower surfaces, as indicated at 29, to form a ruling edge, along which a pen may be passed Without danger of spilling the ink and blotting the surface ruled. The opposite edge of the ruler is curved into the form of a cylinder 30 to form a pen and pencilreceptacle. In the opposite ends of the receptacle 30 are placed hollow Stoppers 31, one of- Which is illustrated in Fig. '7. This stopper is exteriorly threaded, as shown, and designed to be secured into the end of the receptacle 30, which is interiorly threaded. The stopper 31 is also provided with a milled or knu'rled flange 32 for the convenience of the student. NVithin the hollow center of one of the Stoppers 31 is placed a coil or roll 33, of felt or other absorbent materiahto serve as a pen-wiper. Within the hollow center of the other stopper is placed a rubber eraser 34.

In this manner a rubber eraser and also a pen-wiper are provided for convenient use, the holders of said parts in both instances constituting the Stoppers for the ends of the pen and pencil holders. In Fig. G the hollow Stoppers, with their attachments, are shown applied to a ruler formed partly of wood and metal in the manner described in connection with Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

The scholars companion hereinabove described will be found to be a very complete article and of great convenience to the student or scholar, as well as to clerks and others, the same embodying a number of useful articles conveniently combined for ready use. The beveled edge of the metallic casing also constitutes an excellent paper-cutter.

It is within the scope of this invention to construct the ruler entirely of sheet metal or of Wood and metal combined in the manner hereinabove described. These and other changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is#- 1. The combination with a ruler, of a metallic casing partially inclosing the same and bent around the rear edge of the ruler to form a tubular receptacle for pens, pencils, dac. the casing being extended at its ends beyond the ends of the ruler and having its extreme edges bent in to form retaining lips or keepers, and shutters arranged to slide beneath said lips and to cover the ends of the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a ruler, of a metallic casing partially inclosin g the same and bent to form a tubular pen or pencil receptacle extending along the longitudinal edge of the ruler, the edges of the casing being also IOO extended to form retaining-lips, a shutter at each end of the ruler arranged to slide beneath said lips and provided with an operating-lip and a longitudinal slot, and a headed pin or stud passing through said slot into the ruler, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a ruler, of a metallic casing partially inclosing the ruler and bent around the rear edge thereof to form a tubular receptacle for pens, pencils, &c., said casing being extended' at one end beyond the body of the ruler and provided in said eX- tension with a V-shaped notch, the opposing Walls of which are disposed at an obtuse angle and sharpened or brought to a cutting edge for the purpose and substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT C. SMITH.

Witnesses:

D. E. DOBBINS, JAMES COWIE.

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